"Stoker," the English-language debut from South Korean director Park Chan-wook, is out on Blu-ray and DVD this today. The film tells the disturbing tale of a mysterious uncle who infiltrates a small-town family after the father's recent death in a freak car accident.
Read More »For September, the theme of the Criterion Collection's slate seems to be actor Ingrid Bergman. Criterion will introduce the deluxe box set "3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman," a trio of intensely dramatic collaborations between the game-changing Italian director and one of Hollyw...
Read More »Unless you're jonesing for the new seasons of Kelsey Grammar's "Boss" and BBC's "Merlin," or the stand-up comedy of Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias, it's undeniably a weak week for home-video headliners. Bill Murray's FDR impression is more sit-down (and hold the comedy) in the middlebrow, miscalculated c...
Read More »Following its U.S. theatrical release in March, Nick Love's Ray Winstone-starring crime thriller and British box office hit "The Sweeney" is now available on DVD/Blu-ray. In an exclusive to Indiewire, check out a scene from the film, introduced by Winstone himself.
Read More »According to Amazon.com, the most popular DVD and Blu-ray coming out today is "The Bible: The Epic Miniseries," meaning religion will always be good for business, or maybe rubberneckers are too curious about Glenn Beck's goofy claim that the character of Satan in Roma Downey's History Channel hit lo...
Read More »Spielberg disciples can order up this week's "Lincoln" like it were a combo meal. There's a small, DVD-only package, or your can up-size for the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, even a mega four-disc combo edition with a gold border and enough superfluous material to bore a history teacher. At least Dreamwor...
Read More »With apologies, this week's column was delayed due to the whirling, queso-and-beer-and-movies dervish called the SXSW Film Festival. In fact, tonight in Austin there will be a special screening of Dave Grohl's rock-doc crowd pleaser "Sound City," which dropped on DVD and Blu-ray this week. Grohl and...
Read More »This week on DVD/Blu-ray: The biggest Blu-ray and DVD box sets ever released (to date); Martin McDonagh's hilarious and violent follow-up to "In Bruges"; the winner of the Midnighter Audience Award at last year's SXSW Film Festival; and the third season of the most popular period drama currently air...
Read More »This week on DVD/Blu-ray: One of the most controversial films to play at Sundance... well, ever; a documentary 25 years in the making; Tim Burton's animated love letter to the horror films of yonder; the first season of a new hit HBO show starring a loony and wonderful Laura Dern; and an endearing i...
Read More »It was over a year ago that we first told you about the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Julius Caesar that was to feature a cast made up primarily of actors-of-color, set in an "African state".
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